Wgtd's The Morning Show With Greg Berg

From 2003- David Lipsky, author of "Absolutely American: Four Years at West Point." Lipsky was granted unprecedented access to West Point and wrote a fascinating account of what it was like to be a student there. (An abridged version of this interview aired on the Morning Show today. This is the interview in its entirety.)

Dan Hampton, military veteran and best-selling author, talks about his latest book ..... "Vanishing Act: The enduring mystery behind the legendary Doolittle Raid over Tokyo."

David Junk, author of "Rockin' the Kremlin: My incredible true story of Gangsters, Oligarchs, and Pop Stars in Putin's Russia." Junk worked in the music industry in Moscow in the turbulent years after the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

From the archives: Robert Vanderbei, author of "Sizing up the Universe: The Cosmos in Perspective."

Scott Doorley and Carissa Carter, co-authors of "Assembling Tomorrow: A Guide to Designing Thriving Future." The book explores the nature of design- and how designers can create their designs more thoughtfully and with more careful consideration of its potential consequences.

(from 2015) - For the last day of Pride Month, we replay this conversation with Mark Segal, author of "And then I Danced: Traveling the Road to LGBT Equality." Segal was one of the first important gay journalists in America.

From the archives: Matt Richtel, author of "An Elegant Defense: The Extraordinary New Science of the Immune System- A Tale in Four Lives."

Dan Schlossberg, author of "Home Run King: The Remarkable Record of Hank Aaron." The book was written to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the moment when Hank Aaron hit home run #715, breaking the long standing career home run record of Babe Ruth.

Philanthropist Salah Bachir talks about his memoir "First to leave the party: My life with ordinary people .... who happen to be famous." The book recounts his encounters with a wide array of celebrities, including Liza Minnelli, Stephen Sondheim, Jessye Norman, Marlon Brando, Orson Welles, and many others.

Eliza Knight, author of "The Queen's Faithful Companion: A novel of Queen Elizabeth II and her beloved Corgi, Susan." The novel covers Elizabeth's life from her 18th birthday to just after she ascended to the throne .... tracing those events through three perspectives: young Elizabeth, a young servant named Hannah, and Elizabeth's beloved corgi Susan.

We speak with two representatives of the national organization Braver Angels, which seeks to facilitate more meaningful dialogue between people on both sides of our country's political divide. We speak with David Lapp, who co-founded the organization in 2016, and Cameron Swallow, who is co-chair of the national Braver Angels convention that is taking place at Carthage College this coming weekend.

Dr. Art Cyr, a professor at Carthage College and a nationally syndicated columnist, joins us to talk about recent elections for the EU Parliament, U.S. ties with Australia, and former president Donald Trump.

James Parker talks about his book "Get me thru the next five minutes: Odes to being alive." Parker, a staff writer at THE ATLANTIC, was approached by his editors and asked to create some sort of monthly feature that would appear on the inside back cover. He ultimately began writing a series of odes - poems or essays in praise of something or somebody. What sets his odes apart is that most of them are written in praise of unlikely things such as Procrastination ..... Difficult People ..... Crying Babies. The book is an entertaining and thought-provoking exercise in broadening one's sense of gratitude.

From 2008- Afghan novelist Khalid Hosseini ("The Kite Runner") talks about his novel "A Thousand Splendid Suns."

For Pride Month- from 2017: Susan Stryker talks about her book "Transgender History: The Roots of Today's Revolution." The book was originally released in 2008. This interview was done at the time that its second edition was released.

We speak with best-selling authors Steve Berry and Grant Blackwood about how collaborate in writing thrillers- and talk about their latest novel, "Red Star Falling."

From 2015: Linda Flashinski talks about her book "In what light there is," a collection of some of the essays she wrote for her column of the same name that was published for a number of years in the Racine Journal Times. Linda is known to many WGTD listeners as a very capable co-host of our weekend program "Education Matters" as well as a limited series titled "Heroes in our midst." For many years, she worked for the Racine Unified School District.

From 2015- John Feinstein, author of "Where nobody knows your name: Life in the minor leagues of baseball."

Advice Columnist Amy Dickinson ("Ask Amy") is ending her column after a 21-year run. This archival interview was recorded back in 2005. Amy Dickinson's final column will be published on Sunday, June 30th.

This is the complete interview I recorded with Holly Stanfield last week in which we talked about her distinguished career with the Kenosha Unified School District - and her final KUSD production ("Between the Lines") which is performed Thursday and Friday of this week before the cast and crew take it to the International Thespian Festival.